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Steps

1.

To make the hat's base, you can use any of these materials, as long as it fits on your head:

Plastic flower pot

Paper bucket (e.g. fastfood chicken bucket)

Large paper bowl

2.

If you're using a plastic flower pot or printed paper bucket, you need to prime its exterior with white acrylic paint. If you're using a plain paper bowl, there's no need for a primer, go directly to Step 4.

3.

Let the paint dry completely.

4.

Trace the rim of the paper bowl or bucket onto bright-colored construction paper.

5.

Make a slightly smaller circle inside it.

6.

Draw a big oval around the double circle. You may draw perpendicular lines to guide you in drawing the big oval.

7.

Cut out the big oval as well as the inner circle to come up with your hat's brim.

8.

Cut fringes along the brim's hole, with the outer circle as the margin.

9.

Flip the brim so that the lines of the outer circle and the guides are concealed at the bottom side. Fold the fringes upward.

10.

Cut 1-inch long slits approximately 4 inches apart along the outer edge of the brim.

11.

Fold the fringes upward.

12.

Glue the overlapping ends of the fringes together.

13.

Once the primer is dry, paint bright-colored stripes on the pot or bowl. Mexican-themed colors such as yellow, red, orange, black or green are recommended. Let the paint dry completely.

14.

Paint some zigzags or dots on the brim as well.

15.

When the paint on both the brim and pot are dry, line the inner edge of the pot with double-sided tape.

16.

Remove the paper on the double-sided tape and position the brim so that its fringes fit perfectly inside the pot. Press on each fringe so that it sticks to the double-sided tape.

17.

Measure the length of elastic string needed to make a chin strap for your hat. Cut the string and use scotch tape or glue gun adhesive to fix the ends inside the pot.